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Emma & Clueless

• Introduction
• Form of
  acknowledgements
• Syllabus
• The 'works'
• Ideas on
  Transformation
• Clueless overview
• Questionnaire
• Resources

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Jane Austen Society of Australia: Study Guide 

Emma and Clueless -
Transforming Jane Austen   

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Contents   

• Introduction  

• Form of Acknowledgements

• Board of Studies' syllabus  

Official requirements for students for this topic. 

• The 'works'

1. Emma - Understanding Jane Austen's World,  
   Pamela Whalan 
   
2. The Plots:  Emma and Clueless 
   The stories, as summarised by William Simon for the ETA 

• Ideas on Transformation 

1. 'Such a transformation!': Translation, Imitation and Intertextuality in Jane Austen On-Screen, 
   Jocelyn Harris 
   
2. Making Sense: Jane Austen on the Screen, 
   Yasmine Gooneratne
   
3. Emma - a conversation
   Yasmine Gooneratne
   
4. Emma becomes Clueless
   Suzanne Ferriss
   
5. 'As If!' Translating Austen's Ironic Narrator to Film, 
   Nora Nachumi      
   

• Overview  

Insights and extensive explorations, questions and ideas on Clueless, its language and its characters, and wider discussion of other texts ‘transformed’ to film. By Professor William Phillips, of Aichi University, Japan.

1. An overview 
   
   
2. Hartfield Moves to Beverly Hills - Clueless - some questions and ideas, discussion of language
   
   
3. Examples of language and slang, and comparisons
   
   
4. Interview with Amy Heckerling, director of Clueless
   

• Questionnaire  

Plot summary, characterisations and questions to guide and assist your work on comparisons between Emma and Clueless by Ms Sue Lack, English Master at Tara High School, Sydney. Can be used for private study, or class discussion.  

• Resources

Print and online resources to help your study. Don't forget to acknowledge your use of these in your work or notes. Schools, the Board of Studies, and the community see it as unacceptable study practice to use sources without such acknowledgement.